2012
4,946 formed
2,637 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Devon during 2016
4.8% more companies in Devon compared to 2015
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Devon compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
19th
2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
30th
2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
33rd
2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
42nd
2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th 2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th 2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
10th 2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
13th 2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
14th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,600 |
15th 2015: 13th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,265 |
16th 2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
17th 2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
19th 2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
20th 2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
21st 2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd 2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd 2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
24th 2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
25th 2015: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
6,525 |
26th 2015: 27th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,380 |
27th 2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
28th 2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
29th 2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
31st 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd 2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th 2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th 2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th 2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
39th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,080 |
40th 2015: 38th
|
Durham |
4,017 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
1,979 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,302 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
people
5.0
10.5
95% Private Limited Companies (5,414 companies)
5% Other company types (289 companies)
Other company types breakdown (289 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Devon during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Devon during 2016
47,095
businesses registered in Devon at the end of 2016.
4.8% more companies in Devon compared to 2015
Dorset
50,419 total businesses
8,113 formed in 2016
4,726 dissolved in 2016
Somerset
46,011 total businesses
5,328 formed in 2016
3,994 dissolved in 2016
Cornwall
19,655 total businesses
2,468 formed in 2016
1,970 dissolved in 2016
Devon
47,095 total businesses
5,703 formed in 2016
4,331 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Axminster Rural |
5 |
||
Axminster Town |
6 |
||
Beer and Branscombe |
4 |
||
Broadclyst |
7 |
||
Budleigh |
8 |
||
Clyst Valley |
14 |
||
Coly Valley |
4 |
||
Dunkeswell |
2 |
||
Exe Valley |
2 |
||
Exmouth Brixington |
-8 |
||
Exmouth Halsdon |
-5 |
||
Exmouth Littleham |
0 |
||
Exmouth Town |
39 |
||
Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh |
3 |
||
Feniton and Buckerell |
2 |
||
Honiton St Michael's |
9 |
||
Honiton St Paul's |
16 |
||
Newbridges |
-4 |
||
Newton Poppleford and Harpford |
5 |
||
Otterhead |
-3 |
||
Ottery St Mary Rural |
8 |
||
Ottery St Mary Town |
14 |
||
Raleigh |
1 |
||
Seaton |
3 |
||
Sidmouth Rural |
4 |
||
Sidmouth Sidford |
-1 |
||
Sidmouth Town |
4 |
||
Tale Vale |
-6 |
||
Trinity |
5 |
||
Whimple |
5 |
||
Woodbury and Lympstone |
8 |
||
Yarty |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alphington |
88 |
||
Cowick |
6 |
||
Duryard |
-5 |
||
Exwick |
1 |
||
Heavitree |
-3 |
||
Mincinglake |
4 |
||
Newtown |
4 |
||
Pennsylvania |
6 |
||
Pinhoe |
9 |
||
Polsloe |
-4 |
||
Priory |
1 |
||
St David's |
193 |
||
St James |
3 |
||
St Leonard's |
2 |
||
St Loyes |
-7 |
||
St Thomas |
2 |
||
Topsham |
8 |
||
Whipton & Barton |
-5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Boniface |
3 |
||
Bradninch |
0 |
||
Cadbury |
2 |
||
Canonsleigh |
3 |
||
Castle |
11 |
||
Clare and Shuttern |
-1 |
||
Cranmore |
9 |
||
Cullompton North |
8 |
||
Cullompton Outer |
6 |
||
Cullompton South |
2 |
||
Exe Valley |
2 |
||
Halberton |
0 |
||
Lawrence |
36 |
||
Lower Culm |
12 |
||
Lowman |
16 |
||
Newbrooke |
-6 |
||
Sandford and Creedy |
5 |
||
Silverton |
2 |
||
Taw |
2 |
||
Taw Vale |
-1 |
||
Upper Culm |
8 |
||
Upper Yeo |
2 |
||
Way |
2 |
||
Westexe |
-4 |
||
Yeo |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bickington and Roundswell |
7 |
||
Bishop's Nympton |
1 |
||
Bratton Fleming |
1 |
||
Braunton East |
5 |
||
Braunton West |
4 |
||
Central Town |
18 |
||
Chittlehampton |
8 |
||
Chulmleigh |
-1 |
||
Combe Martin |
2 |
||
Forches and Whiddon Valley |
10 |
||
Fremington |
0 |
||
Georgeham and Mortehoe |
7 |
||
Heanton Punchardon |
2 |
||
Ilfracombe Central |
7 |
||
Ilfracombe East |
9 |
||
Ilfracombe West |
2 |
||
Instow |
2 |
||
Landkey Swimbridge and Taw |
3 |
||
Longbridge |
5 |
||
Lynton and Lynmouth |
-1 |
||
Marwood |
3 |
||
Newport |
4 |
||
North Molton |
-3 |
||
Pilton |
-4 |
||
South Molton |
31 |
||
Witheridge |
-5 |
||
Yeo Valley |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Budshead |
9 |
||
Compton |
18 |
||
Devonport |
2 |
||
Drake |
33 |
||
Efford and Lipson |
6 |
||
Eggbuckland |
12 |
||
Ham |
0 |
||
Honicknowle |
-4 |
||
Moor View |
7 |
||
Peverell |
10 |
||
Plympton Chaddlewood |
-5 |
||
Plympton Erle |
16 |
||
Plympton St Mary |
7 |
||
Plymstock Dunstone |
-2 |
||
Plymstock Radford |
2 |
||
Southway |
11 |
||
St Budeaux |
-4 |
||
St Peter and the Waterfront |
117 |
||
Stoke |
21 |
||
Sutton and Mount Gould |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Allington & Strete |
2 |
||
Bickleigh & Cornwood |
6 |
||
Blackawton & Stoke Fleming |
0 |
||
Charterlands |
10 |
||
Dartington & Staverton |
-7 |
||
Dartmouth & East Dart |
1 |
||
Ermington & Ugborough |
8 |
||
Ivybridge East |
-1 |
||
Ivybridge West |
-20 |
||
Kingsbridge |
11 |
||
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford |
2 |
||
Marldon & Littlehempston |
9 |
||
Newton & Yealmpton |
7 |
||
Salcombe & Thurlestone |
10 |
||
South Brent |
5 |
||
Stokenham |
0 |
||
Totnes |
1 |
||
Wembury & Brixton |
-8 |
||
West Dart |
-5 |
||
Woolwell |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambrook |
2 |
||
Ashburton and Buckfastleigh |
6 |
||
Bishopsteignton |
-2 |
||
Bovey |
-3 |
||
Bradley |
15 |
||
Buckland and Milber |
-15 |
||
Bushell |
64 |
||
Chudleigh |
-6 |
||
College |
15 |
||
Dawlish Central and North East |
10 |
||
Dawlish South West |
1 |
||
Haytor |
6 |
||
Ipplepen |
1 |
||
Kenn Valley |
7 |
||
Kenton with Starcross |
3 |
||
Kerswell-with-Combe |
0 |
||
Kingsteignton East |
2 |
||
Kingsteignton West |
2 |
||
Moorland |
8 |
||
Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead |
-1 |
||
Shiphay-with-the-Willows |
5 |
||
South Brent |
5 |
||
Teign Valley |
1 |
||
Teignbridge North |
-1 |
||
Teignmouth Central |
12 |
||
Teignmouth East |
1 |
||
Teignmouth West |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Berry Head-with-Furzeham |
3 |
||
Blatchcombe |
5 |
||
Churston-with-Galmpton |
5 |
||
Clifton-with-Maidenway |
6 |
||
Cockington-with-Chelston |
4 |
||
Ellacombe |
41 |
||
Goodrington-with-Roselands |
5 |
||
Preston |
-18 |
||
Roundham-with-Hyde |
1 |
||
Shiphay-with-the-Willows |
5 |
||
St Mary's-with-Summercombe |
13 |
||
St Marychurch |
-1 |
||
Tormohun |
32 |
||
Watcombe |
19 |
||
Wellswood |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appledore |
7 |
||
Bideford East |
4 |
||
Bideford North |
24 |
||
Bideford South |
7 |
||
Broadheath |
4 |
||
Chittlehampton |
8 |
||
Clinton |
2 |
||
Clovelly Bay |
3 |
||
Coham Bridge |
-2 |
||
Forest |
-3 |
||
Hartland and Bradworthy |
6 |
||
Holsworthy |
7 |
||
Kenwith |
-4 |
||
Monkleigh and Littleham |
-1 |
||
Northam |
-1 |
||
Orchard Hill |
2 |
||
Shebbear and Langtree |
-2 |
||
Tamarside |
1 |
||
Three Moors |
2 |
||
Torrington |
5 |
||
Two Rivers |
0 |
||
Waldon |
3 |
||
Westward Ho! |
2 |
||
Winkleigh |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bere Ferrers |
6 |
||
Bridestowe |
-3 |
||
Buckland Monachorum |
8 |
||
Burrator |
-4 |
||
Chagford |
-6 |
||
Dartmoor |
4 |
||
Drewsteignton |
0 |
||
Exbourne |
-6 |
||
Hatherleigh |
-5 |
||
Mary Tavy |
3 |
||
Milton Ford |
5 |
||
Okehampton North |
10 |
||
Okehampton South |
10 |
||
South Tawton |
16 |
||
Tamarside |
1 |
||
Tavistock North |
17 |
||
Tavistock South East |
3 |
||
Tavistock South West |
-5 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Devon compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th
2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
18th
2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
22nd
2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
24th
2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
43rd
2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th 2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
11th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
68,241 |
12th 2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
13th 2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
14th 2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
15th 2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
16th 2015: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
55,438 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th 2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
20th 2015: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
48,164 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
23rd 2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
24th 2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
25th 2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
26th 2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
27th 2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
28th 2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
30th 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st 2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
32nd 2015: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
38,544 |
33rd 2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
34th 2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
35th 2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th 2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
39th 2015: 39th
|
Durham |
25,127 |
40th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,848 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,675 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,713 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
people
41.5
62.6
How the total number of companies in Devon has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2012
4,946 formed
2,637 dissolved
2013
5,280 formed
3,231 dissolved
2014
5,501 formed
3,706 dissolved
2015
5,394 formed
3,653 dissolved
2016
5,703 formed
4,331 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.3% vs 2012
4.4% vs 2013
5.3% vs 2014
4.8% vs 2015